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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Feb 19

Welcome @jennykranz.bsky.social! 👋

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Feb 5

I hate that I wrote “siting”.

Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 28

The source is a Daily Mail writer siting a Channel 4 survey. So worth digging deeper, but on the face of it those are stark findings.

I guess the original research isn't released until a future event.

I get that polls should be treated as point-in-time data. But what a point in time. 😬

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Feb 4

This was a delightful natter with @pbattisson.bsky.social. Not that it’s surprising, Paul is someone I always find things to discuss with.

Have a listen: I go on way too long about the early Trailhead days. I was a bit part player, but I got to witness a lot of that part of Salesforce history.

Paul Battisson @pbattisson.bsky.social · Jan 30

🎯 Just dropped: A deep dive with @pchittum.com on developer relations, technical education, and finding your path in tech
A must-listen for anyone interested in #devrel #techcontent #salesforce

Watch on YouTube youtu.be/weBr93qaGKE?... or search "CloudBites Conversations" on your podcast player.

From Theater to Developer Relations: Peter Chittum's Journey and the Future of Technical Content

YouTube video by CloudBites TV

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Feb 4

If you like this one you should also consider trying Brewdog’s Mr President and Beavertown’s Lupuloid.

Pretty certain King Slayer beats them both on ABV but they still have that nice sharp high alcohol ping to them.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Feb 4

Watching this. Barely two weeks. And the hardcore right are already in the finding out stage of FAFO.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Feb 4

I wrote a thing about how there appear to be at least a few of the folks who helped sanewash Trump/Muskism who are recognizing "wait, shit is going bad" and I know it's easy to demonize those people, but we may need more people like them to stop this. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/f...

First Cracks Appear: Some Conservatives Admit We’re In A Constitutional Crisis

When even the Wall Street Journal’s reliably pro-Trump opinion page starts sounding alarm bells about the administration’s policies, something significant has shifted. When even the “th…

www.techdirt.com

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Feb 4

I’ve developed a taste for high alcohol content beers. 🍺

This one is lovely.

#beer

Open can of Buxton Brewery King Slayer double IPA beer showing 8% alcohol content. The graphic on the can appears to be a closeup of the eye of a dragon reflecting a fiery scene.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 28

The source is a Daily Mail writer siting a Channel 4 survey. So worth digging deeper, but on the face of it those are stark findings.

I guess the original research isn't released until a future event.

I get that polls should be treated as point-in-time data. But what a point in time. 😬

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 28

Also 45% of Gen Z males think that we have gone as far in promoting women's equality that we're now discriminating against men. And that "when it comes to giving women equal rights, things have gone far enough".

So...I guess that's it, ladies. That's "equal enough" for you.

Disturbing stuff.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 28

I confess, this result has me a bit boggled and unsure how to unpack this.

For Gen Z:
- 52% want a leader that rules without parliament or elections
- 33% military rule would make Britain better off
- 47% want radical change through revolution

www.msn.com/en-au/news/a...

MSN

www.msn.com

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 22

Still love attending a meetup with these lovely folks. @londevsfdc.bsky.social

Great evening.

Title slide with Keir and Todd kicking off the developer group meeting.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 18

So I appreciate the tip. But Chrome is key to my work flow at the moment.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 18

I also use Chrome tab groups heavily to keep current work projects organized.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 18

For work I use Chrome and have different accounts logged into different Chrome profiles (using color coding to tell them apart). I have four different work Google Workspace accounts: for my own company, two clients and one agency I work with.

Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 18

I use Firefox for my personal account login. I would love to kick Chrome to the curb permanently but my work productivity and my use of Google workspace just make it impossible.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 17

How do I make this stop popping up every. Single. M
eeting. I am so annoyed by this thing and there is no setting to just make it stop. And even more frustrating the "X" icon doesn't even work when you click on it. So. Very. Annoyed.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 16

I moved away from LA when I was 18. I've not lived there for over 30 years, but it will always be home. The wild fires have decimated places that were integral to my growing up.

If you can spare any amount, please consider donating to the Red Cross to assist! www.redcross.org/about-us/new...

Red Cross providing critical relief services as thousands face unimaginable loss in southern California

Hundreds of American Red Crossers are helping as Californians cope with the massive destruction from the wildfires.

www.redcross.org

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 16

Pandas are an unfathomably endearing curiosity of nature.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 15

Few things put a smile on my face like @monkigras.com.

I'm signed up and ready to go for what looks like another amazing conference. Can't wait!

If you work in tech and want to be challenged in how you see the industry, your work, and technology, you should come, too.

ti.to/monki-gras/m...

Monki Gras 2025: Sustaining Software Development Craft

Monki Gras, the tech conference about software, craft, and tech Culture, returns March 27th and 28th 2025. The theme this year is Sustaining Craft: ensuring we can keep doing the work we do. We'll hav...

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 15

Naively I didn’t know this was a thing.

But I’m glad to know about it. And I reckon it’s come up because it’s being talked about due to the LA fires.

On balance it seems like one of the more fair things about the prison system in CA.

Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · Jan 15

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 15

Welcome, Dave!

Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 12

Rainbow at dawn.

Dawnbow?

Zoomed out Pink and orange rainbow at dawn

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 8

I grabbed those out of a gallery of stock Trailhead character images that I had access to. I don't remember if those were public assets or internal Salesforce assets.

The look on Astro's face is particularly well suited, I find.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 8

I was watching someone use "find" recently realizing I've never properly understood how to make the most of it syntactically.

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 7

It has made me wonder: the Salesforce CLI has completely changed since I did these talks (going back to 2017). Is this something people would be interested in me revisiting? Let me know if you think so (or not...for that matter, I take all comers).

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Peter Chittum @pchittum.com · Jan 7

This was not gratuitous irreverence. It did have a point. I was teaching how the `wc` command works in bash-based shells.

I've been compiling a portfolio of work of mine in the public. After nearly 15 years...it turns out it's quite a bit.

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